AMBAO

AMBAO is a certification mark for chocolate created by the Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs.^[1][2]

The mark certifies that the product has been made without any other vegetable fats other than cocoa fats,^[1] or any artificial additives.^[3] The AMBAO scheme was designed to resist the effects of the European Cocoa and Chocolate Directive, which allowed the use of up to 5% non-cocoa vegetable fats in chocolate.^[2]